UK: Nominations for this year’s Independent Hotel Show Awards, which includes the Independent Hotel of the Year and the GM of the Future, are now open with deadlines in mid-June.
UK: Montgomery Group, the organisers of the Independent Hotel Show 2023, have launched the Hoteliers’ Choice competition to showcase industry suppliers.
BHN editor Eloise Hanson shares some key takeaways from the AHC, IHS and the weekly news.
BHN speaks to Richard Williamson, chief operating officer at Considerate Group, about ESG investment and how hotels can ease the pressures of rising costs
BHN speaks to Kalindi Juneja, CEO at Pride of Britain Hotels, about the challenges that member hotels face and what’s on the horizon in 2023 for PoB.
Glenn Wallace, event manager of the Independent Hotel Show London, catches up with some of the speakers to hear their thoughts on the staffing crisis.
UK: The shortlists for The Independent Hotelier award and The GM of the Future award has been revealed, with the winners set to be announced 4 October 2022 at the IHS.
UK: The Independent Hotel Show 2022 (IHS22) has revealed its seminar programme for the event’s tenth edition, supported by Boutique Hotel News.
UK: Taking place at Olympia London, 4-5 October 2022, the Independent Hotel Show (IHS) will return for its tenth edition this year.
UK: The Independent Hotel Show Awards 2022, which celebrates boutique hoteliers driving innovation and excellence, has opened for entries.
UK: Hotel property adviser Christie & Co has been appointed to sell 18 hotels from the Coast & Country Collection on an individual basis.
EU: Lifestyle hotel brand art’otel, owned by PPHE Hotel Group, has revealed expansion plans in three European cities between autumn 2023 and early 2024.
Greece: Luxury hotel and residences Mandarin Oriental, Athens, will be developed within the urban regeneration project The Ellinikon and is set to open in the summer of 2027.
US: Robert Stevenson, who heads up the guest experience and staff management platform INTELITY, has been presented with the TravelTech Breakthrough Awarded for CEO of the year.
US: Sister brand of Lark Hotels, Bluebird by Lark, is set to open a new property in Stowe, Vermont on 7 June 2023.
Worldwide: Luxury hotel operator Dorchester Collection has promoted current CEO Christopher Cowdray to president, with Helen Smith and Eugenio Pirri taking up the CEO position together.
Worldwide: RaizUp, a hospitality, travel and technology consultancy, has introduced a diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) certification.
Italy: Luxury hotel Grand Universe Lucca, located in Tuscany, is set to extend its inventory with the launch of 10 suites and residences on 1 June 2023.
US: Palihotel San Diego joins the boutique collection of hotels and residences at Palisociety as the company’s fifteenth hotel opening to date.
BHN talks to David Anderson, divisional president EMEA at Aimbridge Hospitality, about the different hotel operating models, what owners should consider when weighing up in-house or outsourcing operations, as well as future expansion plans for Aimbridge across Europe. Filmed at the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF) at the InterContinental Berlin.
